Texas Beetle Information

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Longhorn Beetles of Texas - Family Cerambycidae

There are some 412 species of Cerambycids recorded from Texas (partial list)
Ed Riley and Dan Heffern greatly assisted in finding, determining and photographing these beetles.
Specimens from the following Texas insect collections: EGRC, TAMUIC, UTIC

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Parandrinae - PrioninaeAseminae - LepturinaeDisteniinae - Cerambycinae - Lamiinae


Subfamily Parandrinae

Neandra brunnea brunnea (Fabricius) - Neandra brunnea

Subfamily Prioninae

Mallodon dasystomus (Say) - Mallodon dasystomus=Mallodon dasystomus (Say) - Mallodon dasystomus - female Archodontes melanopus serrulatus (LeConte) - Archodontes melanopus

Derobrachus hovorei Santos-Silva - Derobrachus hovorei Prionus spinipennis Hovore & Turnbow - Prionus spinipennis - male=Prionus spinipennis Hovore & Turnbow - Prionus spinipennis - female Prionus arenarius Hovore - Prionus arenarius - male Prionus imbricornis  (Linnaeus) - Prionus imbricornis - male Prionus pocularis Dalman - Prionus pocularis - male Orthosoma brunneum  (Forster) - Orthosoma brunneum


Subfamily Aseminae

Atimia confusa confusa (Say) - Atimia confusa Arhopalus rusticus montanus (LeConte) - Arhopalus rusticus


Subfamily Lepturinae

Gigas Longhorn Beetle - Stenelytrana gigas Trigonarthris atrata (LeConte) - Trigonarthris atrata Comacmaeops brunnea  (Knull) - Comacmaeops brunnea Comacmaeops brunnea  (Knull) - Comacmaeops brunnea Comacmaeops brunnea  (Knull) - Comacmaeops brunnea Strangalia virilis LeConte - Strangalia virilis Bellamira scalaris (Say) - Bellamira scalaris Stenocorus cinnamopterus  (Randall) - Stenocorus cinnamopterus - male Texas Crescent Longhorn Beetle - Typocerus lunulatus=  Typocerus octonotatus (Haldeman) - Typocerus octonotatus Typocerus velutinus nobilis (Newman) - Typocerus velutinus Typocerus sinuatus (Newman) - Typocerus sinuatus=Typocerus sinuatus (Newman) - Typocerus sinuatus=Typocerus sinuatus (Newman) - Typocerus sinuatus Typocerus acuticauda standishi Knull - Typocerus acuticauda Cyphonotida rostrata texana Giesbert & Hovore - Cyphonotida rostrata=Cyphonotida rostrata texana Giesbert & Hovore - Cyphonotida rostrata=Cyphonotida rostrata texana Giesbert & Hovore - Cyphonotida rostrata Charisalia americana (Haldeman) - Charisalia americana Grammoptera haematites  (Newman) - Grammoptera haematites Megachoriolaus texanus (Knull) - Megachoriolaus texanus=Megachoriolaus texanus (Knull) - Megachoriolaus texanus Pseudostrangali cruentata (Haldeman) - Pseudostrangali cruentata Typocerus lugubris (Say) - Typocerus lugubris


Subfamily Disteniinae

Elytrimitatrix undata (Fabricius) - Elytrimitatrix undata

Subfamily Cerambycinae

Achryson surinamum (L) - Achryson surinamum Geropa concolor (LeConte) - Geropa concolor Agallissus lepturoides (Chevrolat) - Agallissus lepturoides=Adorned Texas Palm Bycid - Agallissus lepturoides = Zagymnus clerinus  (LeConte) - Zagymnus clerinus

Cyrtophorus verrucosus (Olivier) - Cyrtophorus verrucosus Tilloclytus geminatus (Haldeman) - Tilloclytus geminatus

Gnaphalodes trachyderoides Thomson - Gnaphalodes trachyderoides=Gnaphalodes trachyderoides Thomson - Gnaphalodes trachyderoides Banded Hickory Borer - Knulliana cincta=Banded Hickory Borer - Knulliana cincta

Plinthocoelium schwarzi (Fisher) - Plinthocoelium schwarzi
Old House Borer - Hylotrupes bajulus Semanotus ligneus (Fabricius) - Semanotus ligneus
Gray-winged Neoclyt-Borer - Neoclytus scutellaris Vogt's Spine-rumped Bycid - Neoclytus mucronatus Red-headed Ash Borer - Neoclytus acuminatus Neoclytus irroratus (LeConte) - Neoclytus irroratus Xylotrechus  sp. - Xylotrechus sagittatus  Megacyllene decora (Olivier) - Megacyllene decora = Megacyllene caryae (Gahan) - Megacyllene caryae  Tanyochraethes tildeni Chemsak & Linsley - Tanyochraethes tildeni=Tanyochraethes tildeni Chemsak & Linsley - Tanyochraethes tildeni
= Eburia quadrigeminata (Say) - Eburia quadrigeminata Eburia ovicollis LeConte - Eburia ovicollis Eburia stigmatica  Chevrolat - Eburia stigmatica Psyrassa castanea Bates - Psyrassa castanea Psyrassa brevicornis Linsley - Psyrassa brevicornis  Stenosphenus notatus (Olivier) - Stenosphenus notatus Stenosphenus lugens LeConte - Stenosphenus lugens Anelaphus ?? - Parelaphidion Anelaphus niveivestitus (Schaeffer) - Anelaphus niveivestitus Anelaphus debilis (LeConte) - Anelaphus debilis elaphidiine - Anelaphus=elaphidiine - Anelaphus Anelaphus villosus (Fabricius) - Anelaphus villosus=Anelaphus villosus (Fabricius) - Anelaphus villosus Aneflomorpha tenuis (LeConte) - Aneflomorpha tenuis Aneflomorpha seminuda Casey - Aneflomorpha seminuda

Hypexilis pallida Horn - Hypexilis pallida=brown bycid - Hypexilis pallida=brown bycid - Hypexilis pallida

Tylonotus bimaculatus Haldeman - Tylonotus bimaculatus Tylonotus masoni  (Knull) - Tylonotus masoni Haplidus laticeps Knull - Haplidus laticeps Neocompsa mexicana (Thomson) - Neocompsa mexicana Heterachthes nobilis LeConte - Heterachthes nobilis Neocompsa exclamationis (Thomson) - Neocompsa exclamationis Lissonotus flavocinctus Dupont  - Lissonotus flavocinctus

late-season active bycid - Styloxus fulleri=late-season active bycid - Styloxus fulleri Tessaropa tenuipes (Haldeman) - Tessaropa tenuipes Methia necydalea (Fabricius) - Methia necydalea Methia nr. mormona Linell 1897 - Methia mormona Coleomethia xanthocollis (Knull) - Coleomethia xanthocollis - female=Coleomethia xanthocollis (Knull)  - Coleomethia xanthocollis

Molorchus bimaculatus Say - Molorchus bimaculatus=Molorchus bimaculatus Say (reddish form) - Molorchus bimaculatus  

Obrium mozinnae Linell - Obrium mozinnae Obrium maculatum (Olivier) - Obrium maculatum obriine? - Plectromerus dentipes - male Obrium glabrum Knull - Obrium glabrum Piezocera serraticollis Linell - Piezocera serraticollis Nathriobrium methioides Hovore  - Nathriobrium methioides=Nathriobrium methioides Hovore - Nathriobrium methioides =
Smodicum cucujiforme (Say) - Smodicum cucujiforme Tetranodus niveicollis (Linell) - Tetranodus niveicollis=Tetranodus niveicollis Linell - Tetranodus niveicollis - male Double-banded Ant-mimicking Bycid - Euderces pini - female Euderces reichei LeConte - Euderces reichei=Euderces picipes (Fabricius) - Euderces reichei Pentanodes dietzii Schaeffer  - Pentanodes dietzii Stenaspis verticalis insignis Casey - Stenaspis verticalis=Stenaspis verticalis insignis Casey - Stenaspis verticalis Callona rimosa - Beautiful Mesquite Borer - Callona rimosa Stenaspis solitaria (Say) - Stenaspis solitaria - male=Stenaspis solitaria (Say) - Stenaspis solitaria Plionoma suturalis (LeConte) - Plionoma suturalis - female=Plionoma suturalis (LeConte) - Plionoma suturalis Plionoma rubens (Casey) - Plionoma rubens - male Schizax senex  LeConte - Schizax senex - male Crossidius humeralis quadrivittatus Penrose - Crossidius humeralis  Lophalia cyanicollis (Dupont) - Lophalia cyanicollis Mannophorus laetus LeConte - Mannophorus laetus Tylosis jimenezii Dugès  - Tylosis jimenezii - male=Tylosis jimenezii Dugès  - Tylosis jimenezii Tylosis maculatus LeConte - Tylosis maculatus Tylosis oculatus LeConte - Tylosis oculatus Batyle suturalis cylindrella Casey - Batyle suturalis Ancylocera bicolor (Olivier) - Ancylocera bicolor - female=Ancylocera bicolor (Olivier) - Ancylocera bicolor - male Aethecerinus latecinctus (Horn) - Aethecerinus latecinctus Aethecerinus wilsonii (Horn) - Aethecerinus wilsonii Crioprosopus lateralis LeConte - Crioprosopus lateralis Parevander hovorei Giesbert  - Parevander hovorei Purpuricenus opacus (Knull) - Purpuricenus opacus Purpuricenus opacus  (Knull) - Purpuricenus opacus Purpuricenus linsleyi  Chemsak - Purpuricenus linsleyi Purpuricenus humeralis  (Fabricius)  - Purpuricenus humeralis Purpuricenus paraxillaris MacRae  - Purpuricenus paraxillaris - male Crossidius suturalis LeConte - Crossidius suturalis Crossidius pulchellus LeConte - Crossidius pulchellus Elytroleptus divisus (LeConte) - Elytroleptus divisus Elytroleptus floridanus Tragidion armatum  LeConte - Tragidion armatum Tragidion densiventre  Casey  - Tragidion densiventre - male Tragidion deceptum Swift & Ray - Tragidion deceptum - male Tragidion auripenne Casey - Tragidion auripenne Tragidion coquus (Linnaeus) - Tragidion coquus - male = 

Subfamily Lamiinae

Valenus inornatus Casey - Valenus inornatus Lepturges yucca  Schaeffer - Lepturges yucca Sternidius wiltii (Horn) - Sternidius wiltii Atrypanius irrorellus Bates - Atrypanius irrorellus Lepturges infilatus Bates - Lepturges infilatus Lepturges angulatus (LeConte) - Lepturges angulatus=Lepturges angulatus (LeConte) - Lepturges angulatus Sternidius alpha Complex - Sternidius alpha Sternidius punctatus (Haldeman) - Sternidius punctatus Sternidius mimeticus (Casey) - Sternidius mimeticus=Sternidius mimeticus (Casey) - Sternidius mimeticus Leptostylus cretatellus Bates - Leptostylus cretatellus Acanthocinus nodosus (Fabricius) - Acanthocinus nodosus - female Aegomorphus quadrigibbus (Say) - Acanthoderes quadrigibba Astylopsis arcuata (LeConte) - Astylopsis arcuata=Astylopsis arcuata (LeConte) - Astylopsis arcuata Graphisurus triangulifer (Haldeman) - Graphisurus triangulifer - male
Peritapnia fabra Horn - Peritapnia fabra Thryallis undatus  (Chevrolat) - Thryallis undatus South TX Adetus - Adetus Adetus  sp. - Adetus Adetus  sp. - Adetus Parmenonta wickhami Schaeffer - Parmenonta wickhami=Parmenonta wickhami Schaeffer - Parmenonta wickhami Dorcasta cinerea (Horn) - Dorcasta cinerea=Dorcasta cinerea (Horn) - Dorcasta cinerea Cyrtinus pygmaeus (Haldeman) - Cyrtinus pygmaeus
Desmiphora aegrota Bates - Desmiphora aegrota Desmiphora hirticollis (Olivier) - Desmiphora hirticollis=Desmiphora hirticollis (Olivier) - Desmiphora hirticollis Eupogonius pauper LeConte - Eupogonius pauper=lamiine - Eupogonius pauper=south Texas longhorn - Eupogonius pauper lamiine - Dorcaschema alternatum=lamiine - Dorcaschema alternatum Hemierana marginata suturalis (Linell) - Hemierana marginata Cathetopteron amoena (Hamilton) - Cathetopteron amoena Hemierana marginata ardens (LeConte) - Hemierana marginata Oak Sapling Borer - Goes tesselatus Neoptychodes trilineatus  (Linnaeus) - Neoptychodes trilineatus Goes tigrinus  (Degeer) - Goes tigrinus Goes pulcher (Haldeman) - Goes pulcher Goes variegatus Linsley & Chemsak - Goes variegatus Cacostola lineata (Hamilton) - Cacostola lineata Cacostola salicicola (Linsley) - Cacostola salicicola Lochmaeocles cornuticeps cornuticeps (Schaeffer) - Lochmaeocles cornuticeps Oncideres cingulata texana Horn - Oncideres cingulata=Oncideres cingulata texana Horn - Oncideres cingulata Oncideres pustulata LeConte - Oncideres pustulata=Oncideres pustulata LeConte - Oncideres pustulata  Oberea ruficollis (Fabricius) - Oberea ruficollis=Oberea ruficollis (Fabricius) - Oberea ruficollis Oberea perspicillata Haldeman - Oberea perspicillata=Oberea perspicillata Haldeman - Oberea perspicillata Oberea ocellata Haldeman - Oberea ocellata=Oberea ocellata Haldeman - Oberea ocellata Mecas rotundicollis Thomson - Mecas rotundicollis=Mecas rotundicollis Thomson - Mecas rotundicollis Mecas marginella LeConte - Mecas marginella=Mecas marginella LeConte - Mecas marginella Pleasing Meca-Bycid - Mecas pergrata Mecas linsleyi Knull - Mecas linsleyi=Mecas linsleyi Knull - Mecas linsleyi Callipogonius cornutus (Linsley) - Callipogonius cornutus=Callipogonius cornutus (Linsley) - Callipogonius cornutus=Callipogonius cornutus (Linsley) - Callipogonius cornutus Ecyrus arcuatus Gahan - Ecyrus arcuatus Ecyrus arcuatus Gahan - Ecyrus arcuatus Ecyrus arcuatus Gahan - Ecyrus arcuatus Ecyrus penicillatus Bates - Ecyrus penicillatus  Ataxia tibialis Schaeffer - Ataxia tibialis=Ataxia tibialis Schaeffer - Ataxia tibialis Longhorn - Ataxia hubbardi=Ataxia hubbardi Fisher - Ataxia hubbardi Ataxia crypta (Say) - Ataxia crypta Ataxia crypta (Say)  - Ataxia crypta  Spotted Apple Tree Borer - Saperda cretata=Saperda cretata  Newman  - Saperda cretata Woodbine Borer - Saperda puncticollis=Saperda puncticollis Say - Saperda puncticollis Saperda tridentata Olivier - Saperda tridentata Saperda lateralis Fabricius - Saperda lateralis=Saperda lateralis Fabricius - Saperda lateralis Saperda discoidea  Fabricius - Saperda discoidea - female

Tetraopes texanus Horn - Tetraopes texanus=Tetraopes texanus Horn - Tetraopes texanus Tetraopes pilosus Chemsak - Tetraopes pilosus Tetraopes discoideus LeConte - Tetraopes discoideus=Tetraopes discoideus LeConte - Tetraopes discoideus Tetraopes linsleyi Chemsak  - Tetraopes linsleyi Tetraopes thermophilus Chevrolat  - Tetraopes thermophilus Phaea canescens (LeConte) - Phaea canescens Phaea monostigma (Haldeman) - Phaea monostigma


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